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₁Mawethu, musani ukugagamela nifune ukufundisa nonke. Kaloku niyazi ukuba thina sifundisayo siya kugwetywa ngqongqo kunabanye. ₂Sonke ngabanye siyayenza impazamo amaxesha ngamaxesha. Ke yena umntu ongaphazamiyo ekuthetheni ugqibelele, uyakwazi ukuzilawula ngokupheleleyo. ₃Kaloku ihashe silifaka umkhala, ukuze lisilulamele, sikwazi ukulilawula ngokupheleleyo. ₄Okanye khanicinge ngenqanawa, inkulu injalo, noba ngade ityhalwe yimimoya emikhulu, kodwa ilawulwa ngentongana nje encinci, ize iye apho athanda ukuba iye khona umqhubi. ₅Lukwanjalo ke nalo ulwimi, nakuba luluncinci kangaka nje – luyagwagwisa kakhulu.

Mhlawumbi makhe senze umzekelo ngehlathi: noba selilikhulu kangakanani na lingátshiswa yintlantsana nje yomlilo. ₆Nalo ke ulwimi lufana nqwa nomlilo; lululwandle lobubi. Lulelinye lamalungu omzimba wethu nje luphembelela ububi kubume bethu buphela. Ubomi bethu buphela libuntumeka ngomlilo eliwuthatha esihogweni. ₇Uluntu luyakwazi ukuzilulamisa zonke iintlobo zezidalwa – ezizitho zine kwaneentaka, ezirhubuluzayo kwanezaselwandle – yaye lukholisile ukwenjenjalo. ₈Kodwa akukho mntu ukwaziyo ukululawula ulwimi. Luyinkathazo engalawulekiyo, futhi luyityhefu. ₉Sisebenzisa lona xa sibonga sibulela iNkosi uTata wethu, ukanti sibaqalekisa kwangalo nabantu abadalwe bafuza uThixo. ₁₀Imibulelo neziqalekiso zimpompoza mlonyeni mnye. Mawethu, mayingenzeki le nto! ₁₁Kaloku akwenzeki ukuba kumpompoze amanzi amnandi namtyuba mthonjeni mnye. ₁₂Mawethu, umkhiwane awukwazi kaloku ukuvelisa umnquma, nomdiliya awunako ukuvelisa amakhiwane. Ngokunjalo akukho mthombo unako ukuvelisa amanzi amtyuba namnandi.

₁₃Ukuba bakho abantu abalumkileyo nabaqondayo phakathi kwenu, loo nto mabayibonakalise ngobomi obumsulwa, nangezenzo zentobeko nobulumko. ₁₄Kodwa ke ukuba ninomona nolunya nizicingela, sanukuzigwagwisa nigqume inyaniso ngobuxoki. ₁₅Obu bulumko abuveli phezulu, koko bobehlabathi, bobeenkanuko, bobukaSathana. ₁₆Ke apho kukho umona nokuzigwagwisa kuba nguqulukubhode nazo zonke iintlobo zeentlondi. ₁₇Kodwa ke bona ubulumko obuvela phezulu bumsulwa; bunolungelelwano, nobubele, buyazelelela. Bona bunovelwano, yaye buvelisa imisebenzi emihle; abunamkhethe naluhanahaniso. ₁₈Ke bona abahlwayeli boxolo abaseluxolweni bavuna ubulungisa.